Social life of the Chinese : with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau . Obverse. Revers FAC-SIMILE OF A HONG KONG MILLE. Obverse. Reverse. FAC-SIMILE OF A HONG KX»G Obverse. Reverse. FAC-8LUILE OF A UONG KONG CENT. In 1864, a copper mille, a copper cent, and a silver ten centpiece came into circulation at Hong Kong (an island less thanone hundred miles from Canton, belonging to England), andwere made a legal tender there. These were coined in En-gland, but were designed for use
Social life of the Chinese : with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau . Obverse. Revers FAC-SIMILE OF A HONG KONG MILLE. Obverse. Reverse. FAC-SIMILE OF A HONG KX»G Obverse. Reverse. FAC-8LUILE OF A UONG KONG CENT. In 1864, a copper mille, a copper cent, and a silver ten centpiece came into circulation at Hong Kong (an island less thanone hundred miles from Canton, belonging to England), andwere made a legal tender there. These were coined in En-gland, but were designed for use in Hong Kong. Each coincontains Chinese and English characters denoting its dollars, having Chinese and English characters, werein process of coinage in England, and a mint was to be erect-ed at Hong Kong. The mille, or cash, which was equal toone cent—fixing the value of a dollar at one thousand mille—was very popular among the Chinese. They took theminto the adjacent Chinese territory, where they were oftensold at the rate of seven or eight hundred for a dollar. Prob-ably these four new coins, or some of them, will circulate atpar extensively in China as soon as they can be supplied inlarge quantities, and after their value becomes known and es- MONEY-LE
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